WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)

Description

In this series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips from July 25, 1963, authorities escort Byron de la Beckwith, accused of the slaying of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, to the Mississippi State Hospital for a court-ordered mental evaluation. The clips begin with a shot of Byron de la Beckwith and two unidentified white men exiting the county jail in Jackson, Mississippi. De la Beckwith is handcuffed to one of the men. The film then cuts to a shot of a shoulder patch on a policeman's uniform. The patch reads "Hinds Co. Sherriff's Dept." above an insignia of an eagle and a shield emblazoned with stars and stripes. The two unidentified men and de la Beckwith are then shown getting into a car. De la Beckwith sits in the front passenger side seat and smiles at the camera through the driver's side window. A brief shot of a policeman driving a car is shown, and then the film cuts to the sign at the entrance of the Mississippi State Hospital in Whitfield, Mississippi. The sign reads: SLOW. Mississippi State Hospital. Established 1855. Visiting hours: Monday, Thursday, Saturday, [illegible] PM to 4 PM. Sundays and Holidays, 9 AM to 11 AM -- [illegible] PM to 4 PM." Two unidentified white men stand at the door of a guard station located behind the sign. Next, de la Beckwith, the two unidentified white men from the county jail, and two other unidentified white men dressed in white orderly uniforms enter the hospital. The film then...

Record Contributed By

Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia